12-第七章：只有拥有国王遗失之物的人才能登上明日岛并活下去(6)

dragons. They might yet come after him. He had to get out of here… The little brown dragon Wodensfang had said he must find a ruined city where the King was going to be crowned… He staggered forward, so bruised and battered that it was painful to make each step, but forcing himself to move nonetheless. The beach stretched out for miles to his left and right, and there was something about that beach that made him feel very uneasy, and lurch even faster in his limping, rollicking gait. Perhaps it was the way that, under his feet, the sand didn’t feel entirely firm. It was shaking, just a tiny, tiny bit, and shifting, as if the very grains of sand were alive, like tiny wriggling worms. Hiccup looked down at the sand in horror, as he shambled faster, and ever faster, trying to get to the top of the dunes and off the beach. There was something very peculiar going on. ‘I think I might just go in your backpack if you don’t mind,’ said the Hogfly nervously, diving into the backpack next to the snoring Wodensfang, and half shutting the lid so that only his eyes were peering out. ‘That sand is a little SPOOKY…